But it don't hurt nothing for me to give them a few hints once in a wile
about useing their brains if they have got them and if I can do any good
with my articles in the papers why I would just as leaf wear my fingers to
the bone writeing them up.

Your pal, JACK.

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_Somewheres in France, March 13._

FRIEND AL: Well Al I bet you will pretty near fall over in a swoon when
you read what I have got to tell you. Before you get this letter you will
probably all ready of got a coppy of the paper I told you about because it
come out the day before yesterday and I sent you a coppy with my article in
it only they cut a part of it out on acct. of not haveing enough space for
all of it but they left the best part of it in.

Well Al somebody must of a sent a coppy to Gen. Pershing and marked up
what I wrote up so as he would be sure and see it and probably one of the
officers done it. Well that's either here or there but this afternoon when
we come in they was a letter for me and who do you think it was from Al.
Well you can't never even begin to guess so I will tell you. It was from
Gen. Pershing Al and it come from Paris where he is at and I have got it
here laying on the table and I would send it to you to look at only I
wouldn't take no chances of looseing it and I don't mean you wouldn't be
carefull of it Al but of course the mail has got to go across the old pond
and if the Dutchmens periscoped the boat the letter was on it it would be
good night letter and a letter like this here is something to be proud of
and hold onto it and keep it for little Al till he grows up big enough